
Mary Pat Gleason
Biography
Mary Pat Gleason (February 23, 1950 - June 2, 2020) was an American film and television actress. From 1983–85 she appeared on The Guiding Light as Jane Hogan. Since the early 1980s she appeared on such television series as Full House, Murphy Brown, Empty Nest, L.A. Law, Saved by the Bell, Murder, She Wrote, Friends, Step by Step, Suddenly Susan, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Family Matters, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Middleman, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Motive, and Baby Daddy. She appeared in such feature films as I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Basic Instinct, Traffic, Bruce Almighty, 13 Going on 30, The Crucible, Bottle Shock, A Cinderella Story, and The Island.
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Movie Appearances

Basic Instinct
as Juvenile Officer
1992

Room 6
as Nurse Holiday
2006

Arcadia
as Agnes
2012

Killing Kennedy
as Marguerite Oswald
2013

The Right to Remain Silent
as Doris
1996

Earth to Echo
as Dusty - Mullet Lady at Bar
2014

Finders Keepers
as Carol
2014

Blended
as Pharmacy Cashier
2014

Defending Your Life
as Waitress
1991

The Crucible
as Martha Corey
1996

Big Stone Gap
as Alice Lambert
2014

Lookin' Italian
as Casting Director
1994

A Season for Miracles
as Young Grandmother
1999

13 Going on 30
as Mrs. Flamhaff
2004

Wristcutters: A Love Story
as Eugene's Mother
2007

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Teresa
2007

Traffic
as Witness #2
2000

Nina
as Ordlery Pat
2016

Albert
as Earth Mama
2016

A Cinderella Story
as Eleanor
2004
TV Appearances

Desperate Housewives
as Ms. Elenora Butters
2004

The Single Guy
as Patton
1995

Friends
as Nurse Sizemore
1994

Lush Life
1996

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
1994

The Middleman
as Ida
2008

Family Matters
as Berta
1989

Hawaii Five-0
as Land Lady
2010

2 Broke Girls
as Blanche
2011

Mom
as Mary
2013

Baby Daddy
as Aunt Betty
2012

Chuck
as Morgue Clerk
2007